South Dakota Legislature Passes 272 Bills in Session
Pierre identifies 272 of 563 introduced measures approved by both houses and sent to the governor. House proposers total 328 while senators offered 241. Notable enacted items include county dog licensing, highway and local taxation reforms, voter and election law clarifications, and substantial state appropriations for roads, education, and state institutions. Many bills adjust property, banking, and public works rules, with numerous appropriations across state agencies and counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew E. Lee
Vermillion
World War Memorial Building
Pierre
Como Park
Sioux Falls
Threshers Lion
Water Works
Aberdeen
State General Fund
Assessments and appropriations in Brown County and state lands
Summary of 1 percent assessments on Brown County school lands and numerous appropriations. Key items include 7,088 for completing a dormitory at a deaf school, 15,000 for Spearfish normal fire protection, 100,000 for a girls dormitory at the feeble minded home, 100,000 for a men’s ward at the state insane hospital, 70,000 for aid to common schools, 33,548 for public printing deficiency, 15,625 for healing tunnels at South Dakota University, 2,500 for simory repairs at the university, 125,000 for a heating plant at Northern normal, 10,000 for repairs to the Eastern normal girls’ dormitory, 7,000 for a State soldiers’ home water tank, 373 for coal mine investigation, 6,775 for state treasurer bond, extends soldiers and sailors burial law, 101 to reimburse McCook county for illegally paid taxes, and allows the superintendent of banks to disclose information when in creditors’ best interest. Includes county positions among.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Yankton
Spearfish
Rouse
Ridgeland District
Carson County
Martin
Custer Park
State College
School of Mines
Brown County
Spearfish Normal
State Insane Hospital
South Dakota University
University
Northern Normal
Eastern Normal
State Soldiers’ Home
McCook County
State War Veterans Preferences and Budget Allocations Identified
Legislative items list multiple actions including appropriations for a World War memorial building, soldiers compensation board funding, aud it division travel expenses, and a five mill cap in unorganized counties. It also notes accepting Old Fort Pierre for the state, transferring funds to general and miscellaneous funds, enabling condemnation for federal sites, authorizing refunding bonds, and legalizing the McCook county supplement budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldiers Compensation Board
Fort Pierre
Miscellaneous Securities Commission Fund
General Fund
State Board of Finance
McCook County
South Dakota House Bills Cover Spending and Reforms
The article lists several proposed measures including a $12,450 appropriation for the agriculture secretary’s travel, a plan to split the state into two congressional districts, removal of board member limits for corporations, a reciprocal auctioneers license law, county associations conventions at Pierre, increased filing fees for conditional sales contracts, licensing for public accountants, appointment of delinquent tax collectors, and reduced bond requirements for estate administrators and executors. Continued on page 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOUSE
Pierre
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senate
Senaora
Supreme Court
State Child Welfare Board
Circuit Court of County
Joana
Sioux Valley
Company of Hudson
Jerauld County
State Game and Fish Commission
Ninth Judicial Court Circuit
Yankton State Hospital
Cosmetic Therapy Board
School of Deaf
Junt
Marvin Haghitt
Fair City Paint & Glass Co
Louise Dixon
Huronite
Jenbna
Marshall-Wells
Eton Universal
Eton Unionreal
Yukon
Cme
Northwestern Public Service Company
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